Sentence examples for themselves assume from inspiring English sources

Non-believers — and many believers themselves — assume that, without a grounding in religious knowledge, there is no foothold for fruitful religious understanding.

To protect against such manipulative behavior -- and to discipline those who practice it -- reporters could themselves assume the status of confidential sources and share those names with other journalists.

Mummies disappear, werewolves fall -- it turns out that the wrong wolf was killed -- and characters themselves assume different guises, as when Lord Edgar dresses in the costume of an Egyptian priest.

I, however, do claim that effort should be made to find a functional relation (linear or non-linear), for if there is none, it is questionable how the energy models which themselves assume functional relations can be justified.

The plants themselves assumed an almost regal position with handsome foliage as the flowers' foil.

The common folk have declared a holiday for themselves, assuming their Caesar will soon be crowned.

When her competitors saw her, Zac Holtzman said, they politely excused themselves, assuming she would automatically get the gig.

B14 FAMILIAR FACES -- As the war in Iraq continues, some antiwar figures from the 1960's and 70's find themselves assuming familiar roles.

Hippies began showing up at Stockhausen's concerts, which themselves assumed a psychedelic aura, the composer meditating onstage before the music began.

The young men go off to stay at the Jolly Roger in Chalford, a mile from the Malmain family seat, where they also meet a "Miss Jones" and a "Miss Smith" who are themselves assuming false identities in order to escape, respectively, a fiancé and a husband.

"I would not discount the possibility that most of the security work will be done and continue to be done by the Afghans themselves, assuming the conflict with the Taliban up there is cleared up and the pockets of resistance vanish," said Joseph Collins, a deputy assistant secretary of defense who focuses on relief and peacekeeping issues.